Ride and Skin Cancer

Yesterday we finally got the bike rack on the car, the bikes on the rack, and ourselves up to Christopher Columbus park.  It was a glorious day.  We actually had a tail wind in both directions.  The wind often does a 180 degree switch in the early afternoon.  

We rode north to see how the sewer project was doing.  It's been going on for quite some time, closing parts of the trail, entrances to parks, and in general messing up biking in the north end.  It's done!  The trails and the park entrances are open now.  That was good.  The freeway project continues, but they haven't shut down any of the trail for that.

This is the sewer pipe that's been installed.

Here is the park, with the lake.

The out fall from the treatment plant.  The water is amazingly hot.  You can feel it on your face, looking at the water.  I guess it cools off quickly, because people fish not too far down stream from there.

Jim saw the Mohs surgeon today, he complimented Jim on his excellent wound care.  The Mohs doctor rubbed Jim's head and said he could feel the baby cancers below the skin, and that they needed to be dealt with.  In 2018 Jim did several courses of 5-Fluorouracil on his face, arms, and scalp.  It was brutal, 21 days of twice daily application, avoidance of the sun, and it was painful.  When he was doing his face, he sort of looked like a tomato.  All this for three weeks.  Things have changed!  For the better!  5-Fluorouracil is now mixed with calcipotriol, which is something like Vitamin D.  So, Jim will do the combined creams for 5 days on his face, and 10 days on his head.  So, if your dermatologist wants you to do this, ask about this treatment.    Here is an article on the subject. 

So, go forth and slay your skin cancers.